Action on warming left to "next president"
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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While the political debate over global warming continues, top executives at many of the nation's largest energy companies have accepted the scientific consensus about climate change and see federal regulation to cut greenhouse gas emissions as inevitable. (article 6)
A US appeals court struck down landmark air-pollution regulations on Friday, shocking both environmental and industry groups with a decision that could severely hamper efforts to curb smog and acid rain. (article 4)
The ruling, which one environmentalist called " the legal equivalent of a dirty bomb threatened to overshadow a separate decision Friday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to delay potential regulations for carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. (article 4)
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has decided not to take any new steps to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions before the president leaves office, despite pressure from the Supreme Court and broad accord among senior federal officials that new regulation is appropriate now. (article 3)
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, dismissing the recommendations of its top experts, rejected regulating the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming Friday, saying it would cripple to the U.S. economy. (article 2)
Harvard plans to sharply reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the next eight years , Drew Faust, the university president, said. (article 5)
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Source articles
- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 07/11/2008, 788 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > POLITICS (FOX News, 07/11/2008, 993 words)
- Action on warming left to "next president" (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/11/2008, 991 words)
- US court slaps down pollution law (Nature Journals, 07/11/2008, 627 words)
- Crimson goes green; Harvard plans sharp cut in greenhouse gases (boston.com, 07/09/2008, 332 words)
- Energy Firms Come to Terms With Climate Change (Washington Post, 07/11/2008, 604 words)
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